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2008 NBA Playoffs Travel: Celebrities Flock to the Staples Center

Where: 1111 S Figueroa St. [map], Los Angeles, ca, United States
April 22, 2008 at 5:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

It's that time of the year again. You know, when NBA ballers actually start playing up to their potential--and their mega-sized paychecks--in the quest for the blinged-out championship ring.

And when the NBA playoffs kick into high gear, so do the celebrities who score courtside seats to see their favorite hometown boys take the court.

We were lucky (unlucky?) enough to get prime seats at the Staples Center for the first game of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers always have a celeb crowd and Kobe Bryant is practically a god to deluded Angelenos, but the playoffs really kick the pretty people into high gear.

Jack Nicholson is the king of the Lakers Celebrity Fans with Penny Marshall and Dyan Cannon as his ladies-in-waiting who are always in attendance. At game one, younger celebs like Tobey Maguire, Adam Levine and David Arquette got prime seats in the house. As did Jim Belushi and ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner.

Sitting a few rows up from the floor we spotted rocker Flea, "Gossip Girl" and "The OC" creator Josh Schwartz, old-timey rapper Biz Markie and Lukas Haas, who made it on to the jumbotron during the Celebrity Call-Out. No one even remembered who he was.

Still, none of these fools compared to the knight in a gray sweater and jeans--David Beckham. He was there with his two sons, Brooklyn and Romeo, and sat right in front of the Laker girls who stand up and cheer every time the home team scores. And since the Lakers won 128-114, that's a whole lot of girls jumping up in short shorts. But we're sure Posh Spice is totally cool with that.

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